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boehner. he should have been ashamed of himself. >> you said he is appealing to appeal to the right wing of his party and you have conservative groups slamming this plan "b." let me play some of the criticism he's getting from the right of the party. let's play it. >> the american people did not re-elect the conservative house of representatives to become tax collectors for barack obama's welfare state. >> we supported challengers who were opposed to t.a.r.p., who were opposed to the debt deal. 2011. and this is the sort of vote that we'll look at closely when we look at our options in 2014. >> so congressman pascrell, they oppose plan "b" differently than your opposition but you have two different sides of this coin and people are wondering where speaker boehner is at all on this when no one is happy and if he's appealing to the right, they're not pleased with him. >> well, mr. boehner has the hell of a nerve to say that mister -- the president of the united states barack obama can't stand up
boehner. he should have been ashamed of himself. >> you said he is appealing to appeal to the right wing of his party and you have conservative groups slamming this plan "b." let me play some of the criticism he's getting from the right of the party. let's play it. >> the american people did not re-elect the conservative house of representatives to become tax collectors for barack obama's welfare state. >> we supported challengers who were opposed to t.a.r.p., who...
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not john boehner. john boehner's allowed himself to be captured by the fellows. he is above and beyond that. i think he's basically trying to do the right thing but he can't get a vote out of his own party for his own legislation. who does he turn to? the president of the united states? more worried about getting a proposition from the president to turn down then what proposition is he talking about? i think the president has been more than willing to compromise and the democrats in the house of representatives. we need 30 votes to get beyond our 190 that we have now. 191 in the house and 218 to pass anything. i think if harry reid does it, fine. let him do it. we need to think of what the country needs more than what each party does and concerned about the election on january 3rd? if nothing happens, he may have to worry about the election, john boehner. what i would advise him to do, he doesn't seek my advice, let me give you some advice. be what you want to be. do what you have to do. and democrats will support you if you do that. >> do you think at this point
not john boehner. john boehner's allowed himself to be captured by the fellows. he is above and beyond that. i think he's basically trying to do the right thing but he can't get a vote out of his own party for his own legislation. who does he turn to? the president of the united states? more worried about getting a proposition from the president to turn down then what proposition is he talking about? i think the president has been more than willing to compromise and the democrats in the house...
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how much pressure is speaker boehner under? does he have real allies at this point, since it seems he's being pulled in multiple directions here? >> speaker boehner is under enormous pressure, and if he needed to have this vote with just his own caucus or conference, he wouldn't be able to get it done. to the vote in the house, i think for every -- i think there's more tom coles there than we know that won't speak up. >> why won't they speak up? are they waiting to see the next round of back and forth? >> well, that could be part of it, but also, they're a little bit concerned about what their constituents are going to say. they don't want their e-mail box bombarded by the heritage foundation. now you see two extreme views. i think you'll end up at the trillion dollar mark, and i think that speaker boehner will need a lot of of democrats but i think he'll get them if everybody can come to a plan. he can use his moderates and democrats and get the votes he needs. >> thank you all for your time. great pleasure to have you on the
how much pressure is speaker boehner under? does he have real allies at this point, since it seems he's being pulled in multiple directions here? >> speaker boehner is under enormous pressure, and if he needed to have this vote with just his own caucus or conference, he wouldn't be able to get it done. to the vote in the house, i think for every -- i think there's more tom coles there than we know that won't speak up. >> why won't they speak up? are they waiting to see the next...
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vetoing john boehner's plan b. if current negotiations fall through. >> it actually means a tax increase for millions of working families across the country at the same time as folks like me would be getting a tax break. that violates the core principals that were debated during the course of this election. i'm going to continue to talk to the speaker and the other leaders in congress, but ultimately they have to make sure the middle class taxes do not go up and that we have a balanced responsible package of deficit reduck. it's hard for them to say yes to me. but at some point they have got to take me out of it. think about their voters. >> let me bring in the senior editor mark murray. the headline on our first read this morning was the question, what is boehner doing? he is expected to speak in about 15 minutes to i guess counter what we heard from the president. what is this plan b and why is he attempting to push a vote as we understand it, he may not have all the votes needed in the senate as the white house
vetoing john boehner's plan b. if current negotiations fall through. >> it actually means a tax increase for millions of working families across the country at the same time as folks like me would be getting a tax break. that violates the core principals that were debated during the course of this election. i'm going to continue to talk to the speaker and the other leaders in congress, but ultimately they have to make sure the middle class taxes do not go up and that we have a balanced...
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this isn't john boehner's problem to solve. he's done his part. he's bent over backwards. >> joining me now new jersey congressman a member of the house budget committee and you're back here in new jersey. >> yes. how are you doing? >> i'm doing okay. i got to ask you, has speaker boehner quote bent over backwards to reach a deal, in your opinion? >> no, i don't think he has. i can't put the entire blame on him for what happened last night. remember he was on your show and many other shows yesterday saying the major problem is that the president can't control the votes in his own party. he said that. i didn't say that. well what happened last night was we find out that after mr. boehner and mr. cantor said very specifically that they had the votes they were far off the count. now we can't be playing russian roulette with this stuff. we're talking about people being hurt on january 1st, taxes going up for everybody and what their plan as they call it, plan b was to stop 0.3 people of getting a tax cut. in other words, they are the only ones that wo
this isn't john boehner's problem to solve. he's done his part. he's bent over backwards. >> joining me now new jersey congressman a member of the house budget committee and you're back here in new jersey. >> yes. how are you doing? >> i'm doing okay. i got to ask you, has speaker boehner quote bent over backwards to reach a deal, in your opinion? >> no, i don't think he has. i can't put the entire blame on him for what happened last night. remember he was on your show...
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the call unlike the night when president obama called john boehner on election day and john boehner didn't answer his call. i think that you have to have both parties willing to engage with each other and talk to each other. looking back at the 1980s, for example, when ronald reagan was president and tip o'neill was speaker of the house, they didn't agree but they sit down and talk and negotiate and compromise and today's republican party so hijacked by the right wing they're incapable of agreement. >> let's put aside the right wing here. we know that speaker boehner purged some of those seen as not being team players within his own party and we'll discuss the fact he's taken a hit for that. beyond the right wing or whatever you have numbers. you have exit polling. you have pew research poll that shows where the american people stand. if all of the people are there to represent us, meaning the people who are watching right now and the panel included here, we are all americans, we pay taxes, then why isn't this work getting done? >> well, just look at speaker boehner's fiscal cliff p
the call unlike the night when president obama called john boehner on election day and john boehner didn't answer his call. i think that you have to have both parties willing to engage with each other and talk to each other. looking back at the 1980s, for example, when ronald reagan was president and tip o'neill was speaker of the house, they didn't agree but they sit down and talk and negotiate and compromise and today's republican party so hijacked by the right wing they're incapable of...
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more broadly and as more broadly than just to boehner. all these republicans, either half of them are partiers and the other half who aren't are scared to death they are going to be primaried in their next election by a tea party. >> just quickly here, what do you make of speaker boehner not coming out, at least at this point, being more direct regarding tax cuts for the wealthiest? from conservative radio to members of his own party, which started with tom cole earthquake the congressman it is all but impossible for the party to avoid that concession, if it is a concession or fairness, whatever your description or perspective, it is unavoidable. >> i saw what smerconish said in your earlier segment, republicans should embrace it, they can turn around and put pressure on obama. but you and i and smerconish don't really know what the conservative base in john boehner's district and other districts around the country, house districts around the country are going to do when boehner and other house members say that they embrace that tax hike.
more broadly and as more broadly than just to boehner. all these republicans, either half of them are partiers and the other half who aren't are scared to death they are going to be primaried in their next election by a tea party. >> just quickly here, what do you make of speaker boehner not coming out, at least at this point, being more direct regarding tax cuts for the wealthiest? from conservative radio to members of his own party, which started with tom cole earthquake the congressman...
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you have a group whether it's mcconnell actually much more explicit than boehner in the senate, or boehner saying we can play around with the tax code to increase revenues but not increase rates. those are pretty unkwif cal lines. the realm of agreement between medicare, defense, et cetera is a widely shared realm. that line in the sand -- when you think from wall street and a business perspective seems far too bright given somebody has to pull back from the brink. >> you're saying that their sides are to distinct -- >> on this one issue. they drew a clear line about an issue is revenue inconsequenceal. you don't get to this by raising taxes on the wealthy. we have made this an issue. >> the president made it an issue. >> in our exit polling where he has the aagreement of people. not necessarily popular because most people would like to see no one's taxes go up but 46% or about said they want it or would be in agreement with meem who make over 250,000. >> the polls aren't important -- what's important is he won a huge election. does that give him a mandate to do everything he ever said? of
you have a group whether it's mcconnell actually much more explicit than boehner in the senate, or boehner saying we can play around with the tax code to increase revenues but not increase rates. those are pretty unkwif cal lines. the realm of agreement between medicare, defense, et cetera is a widely shared realm. that line in the sand -- when you think from wall street and a business perspective seems far too bright given somebody has to pull back from the brink. >> you're saying that...
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john boehner has to let rates go up. i think that's right. whether or not it's to 37 or whether or not we raise the threshold from 250 to something like $500,000 at the point we call people rich, that's a possibility. i think the same thing exists on the entitlement side. there are things that president obama laid on the table in the summer of 2011 we keep talking about. democrats really do not like changes to the measure of inflation applied to social security benefits, and they really do not like raising the eligibility age for medicare. so there are other things that happen? can we scale back the generosity of the obama care subsidies? can we start means testing in additional ways in the medicare program? they have to get creative. >> they got it to get creative, zachary. this comes at the busiest time of the year for retailers and businesses. have you noticed any signs at this point that consumers are at all holding back this holiday season fearing we may go over the so-called fiscal cliff? >> there's a lot of news reports on consumers ho
john boehner has to let rates go up. i think that's right. whether or not it's to 37 or whether or not we raise the threshold from 250 to something like $500,000 at the point we call people rich, that's a possibility. i think the same thing exists on the entitlement side. there are things that president obama laid on the table in the summer of 2011 we keep talking about. democrats really do not like changes to the measure of inflation applied to social security benefits, and they really do not...
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>> i wish speaker boehner kept us in the house. >> ' i'm on the senate side. we should be right here with four days to go before the fiscal cliff strikes. >> all right. always a pleasure. thank you, sir. >> good to be with you. >>> major break today in negotiations between dock workers and port operators puts off at least for now a port strike that would have shut down nearly all shipping traffic along the east and gulf coast. a federal mediator says that the union and group representing the shipping lines agreed to a 30-day contract extension narrowly averting the sunday strike deadline. business groups warn that the economic impact of such a work stoppage is disaster. joining me is nbc's ron mott. for folks not following the story, how did we get here? >> reporter: folks haven't because they're paying attention to the fiscal cliff. this was lurking in the shadows and today moved the ball down the field for 30 days and may be talking about a strike again in 30 days but the big issue here was this so-called container royalty that the shipping companies pay to
>> i wish speaker boehner kept us in the house. >> ' i'm on the senate side. we should be right here with four days to go before the fiscal cliff strikes. >> all right. always a pleasure. thank you, sir. >> good to be with you. >>> major break today in negotiations between dock workers and port operators puts off at least for now a port strike that would have shut down nearly all shipping traffic along the east and gulf coast. a federal mediator says that the...
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what is boehner going to put on? as i say all the time, the real question is who is going to lead now? is speaker boehner going to lead the caucus or the tea party lead? that's the question of the day. >> thank you for your time. we'll see if your answer to the question of the day is submitted to the president. thank you. >> wait until the wives make the boys come home. >> joining me now is erin pike and david goodfriend. david, you heard congresswoman bass refer to grover norquist. i want to play what he said regarding this ominous threat as described to republicans who may not fall in line. let's play it. >> tea party 2 is going to dwarf ta tea party 1 if obama pushes us off the cliff. >> this was in reference to the president. he's threatening we will see a new, stronger tea party if we go off the cliff. >> yes. grover norquist also predicted an overwhelming victory by mitt romney and was proven wrong then, too. i think he and other republicans are playing a very dangerous game with their own political futures by
what is boehner going to put on? as i say all the time, the real question is who is going to lead now? is speaker boehner going to lead the caucus or the tea party lead? that's the question of the day. >> thank you for your time. we'll see if your answer to the question of the day is submitted to the president. thank you. >> wait until the wives make the boys come home. >> joining me now is erin pike and david goodfriend. david, you heard congresswoman bass refer to grover...
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speaker boehner's approval rating is taking a beating. the top tax rates that is a core issue for republicans, even though we are hearing from more of them, a handful of members in both the house and senate talking about the likely hood that that will in fact happen. the highest earners will pay more. that would likely be the last piece of the puzzle in a negotiation. i'm hearing from people in both sides say expect this to keep going and a likelihood if a deal is achievable it will happen close to the deadline seems to be the thinking. they are telling everybody to be prepared to be here during the holidays. we are hearing that as well. there is sort of a resignation that it's going to be a long process. >> thank you, kelly. great le appreciate it. the national political reporter for the atlantic democratic strategist keith bicycle in. amy stoddard, associate editor for the hill paper. thank you all for joining us. let me start off with you. we are going to show our audience later the headlines or a couple of the headlines out there. if
speaker boehner's approval rating is taking a beating. the top tax rates that is a core issue for republicans, even though we are hearing from more of them, a handful of members in both the house and senate talking about the likely hood that that will in fact happen. the highest earners will pay more. that would likely be the last piece of the puzzle in a negotiation. i'm hearing from people in both sides say expect this to keep going and a likelihood if a deal is achievable it will happen...
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>> it has given john boehner some cover. you now have a conservativconse albeit establishment member of the house republican party who is essentially going to the left of john boehner. of course, john boehner has basically said, look, i disagree with tom cole. what has happened, we have actually seen other republicans embrace what tom cole said. mary bono mack said she'd support something tom cole is calling for, extension of the bush tax cuts for the middle class, not for the wealthiest. by having this cover john boehner could actually have the flexibility to negotiate with the white house maybe something that doesn't go as far as the white house and tom cole want, but some other kind of middle ground. something we didn't see in the 2011 negotiations over the debt ceiling. >> meanwhile john boehner is being pretty elusive about what the specifics, the details are. i want to play a little bit of what he said today at his weekly briefing. >> revenue is on the table. but revenue was only on the table if there were serious spen
>> it has given john boehner some cover. you now have a conservativconse albeit establishment member of the house republican party who is essentially going to the left of john boehner. of course, john boehner has basically said, look, i disagree with tom cole. what has happened, we have actually seen other republicans embrace what tom cole said. mary bono mack said she'd support something tom cole is calling for, extension of the bush tax cuts for the middle class, not for the wealthiest....
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john boehner is dealing tw two tensions. he's trying to explain to his conference they have to increase leverage. they don't want to see a middle class tax hike as a result of them standing firm on all the brackets and then us going over the cliff and them being blamed. a political fight that would bruise them through 2013 and into '14, the year they want to pick up a majority in the senate and consolidate their majority in the house and look to the white house in 2016. so he's trying to convince them of the longer view while dealing with the fact many of them are extremely frustrated. they don't believe obama has a mandate, and they want to -- you know, they're spoiling for a fight. he's trying to work through thanksgiving. we're going to see any meat on this bone until after thanksgiving. everyone will take a time to sort of lick their wounds, and then he's hoping the leadership is hoping they can convince the conference to get this off of the table so there's no longer government on the brink and an emergency all the time
john boehner is dealing tw two tensions. he's trying to explain to his conference they have to increase leverage. they don't want to see a middle class tax hike as a result of them standing firm on all the brackets and then us going over the cliff and them being blamed. a political fight that would bruise them through 2013 and into '14, the year they want to pick up a majority in the senate and consolidate their majority in the house and look to the white house in 2016. so he's trying to...
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i was curious to see john boehner's tone and wasn't try gent. he wasn't saying there's a deal but he wasn't saying, you know, we're nowhere. like he had been saying before. >> when you assert the spth not serious, that is not, hey, we're working on something here. unless you can read in to that something different. >> if you follow the logic saying you're not sere youz because there aren't specific cuts then if there are then it holds that he is being serious then i guess you would think that in the next few days, five, seven, seven, eight days you might see specifics. i think what you are seeing is a pr battle where you say if it doesn't pass, who gets the blame? republicans are the ones people say they blame the most and republicans trying to push back on the message. >> they certainly are doing that but when you look at the optics of it, it's pr and what you say and where you say it matters. you have the backdrop with the president yesterday and the union workers in their own battle and face of middle america and middle class and speaker boeh
i was curious to see john boehner's tone and wasn't try gent. he wasn't saying there's a deal but he wasn't saying, you know, we're nowhere. like he had been saying before. >> when you assert the spth not serious, that is not, hey, we're working on something here. unless you can read in to that something different. >> if you follow the logic saying you're not sere youz because there aren't specific cuts then if there are then it holds that he is being serious then i guess you would...
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ba boehner, romney. our team points out that mitt romney's biggest ral eye on capitol hill is house speaker john boehner. when asked about a coordinated attack on the president this week, on various topics, let's me play what speaker boehner had to say. >> i think this is beneath the dignity of the white house. this is biggest job in the world. and i've never seen a president make it smaller. the emperor has no clothes. i think the president's economic policies have failed. i would argue they have made things worse. and as a result, the president has turned to the politics of envy and division. >> when is the last time you spoke to anyone in the romney campaign? >> it's been a while. >> i've talk to the candidates or their campaigns during this process. >> there is no coordination with the recent attacks. almost like you're doing romney's bidding. >> i'm doing my own. >> he is doing his own. the eyebrow. >> well, it is true with john boehner that since the debt deal fell apart last summer, he's been pret
ba boehner, romney. our team points out that mitt romney's biggest ral eye on capitol hill is house speaker john boehner. when asked about a coordinated attack on the president this week, on various topics, let's me play what speaker boehner had to say. >> i think this is beneath the dignity of the white house. this is biggest job in the world. and i've never seen a president make it smaller. the emperor has no clothes. i think the president's economic policies have failed. i would argue...
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he met with speaker boehner yesterday. that's the first face to face in nearly a month and their one on one first one since july 2011. now, the other strategy as michigan congressman clark explains is going to the people. >> i think the best way to break this political gridlock in washington is to go to the american people because it's we the people that demand that the politicians and congress resolve this fiscal cliff but resolve in it a way that makes our country stronger. >> let me bring in the "news nation" political panel. neimalik henderson and goodfreend and contributor michael smerkonish. you the people, you talk to folks all day long on the radio show that you have that's syndicated in cities and states. what do you make of the president picking up where he left off so often going straight to the folks at snoem. >> he is really mained a full court press that began in the campaign season and never ended after election day and i think that two-prong attack you reference is good politics and seems to be working in l
he met with speaker boehner yesterday. that's the first face to face in nearly a month and their one on one first one since july 2011. now, the other strategy as michigan congressman clark explains is going to the people. >> i think the best way to break this political gridlock in washington is to go to the american people because it's we the people that demand that the politicians and congress resolve this fiscal cliff but resolve in it a way that makes our country stronger. >> let...
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we have not seen that same support from republicans to speaker boehner. he has the rank and file behind him, but we have conservative voices both in the senate and house criticize the plan he put on the table. with that said, again, i guess my initial question is where do you see progress? you noted where the president stood the line and been loyal to the words he offered to the american public upon re-election, but as far as these negotiations are concerned, where is the progress? >> well, i think republican voices are being raised. even lindsey graham over in the senate and in the house, you're seeing the congressman speak out from ohio. though he's leaving, he sees a path forward to an agreement. i think we need 218 to pass a measure in the house, and i think we're on the road to do that. >> quickly, we have to talk about major changes to social security and medicare. you are against it. a new poll shows that 70% are opposed to medicaid spending cuts, 51% oppose raising medicare age. where are you you willing to compromise on entitlements when that par
we have not seen that same support from republicans to speaker boehner. he has the rank and file behind him, but we have conservative voices both in the senate and house criticize the plan he put on the table. with that said, again, i guess my initial question is where do you see progress? you noted where the president stood the line and been loyal to the words he offered to the american public upon re-election, but as far as these negotiations are concerned, where is the progress? >>...
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speaker boehner is holding this up. he refused to get his caucus together and a caucus divided because you have the tea party friends and the right winger who is don't want to go along. it's impossible to get anything done if you don't have a basic understanding of math. of president clinton calling it arithmetic. you need a majority. why are you trying to make it more complicated than it is. >> is mitch mcconnell going to save the day? >> i don't know about that, but let me take issue. the republican conference in the house is very conservative. we are seeing a very conservative conference that may not coming to to vote on something, even if nancy pelosi can corral the democrats, they need to pick off republicans. we don't know if any of them would vote for something like this. john boehner is ready to strike a deal. i'm not sure many others are. in the senate we have seen a number of conservative republicans saying they would vote. >> 20 republican votes? >> at this point it's very hard to say. i think john boehner wo
speaker boehner is holding this up. he refused to get his caucus together and a caucus divided because you have the tea party friends and the right winger who is don't want to go along. it's impossible to get anything done if you don't have a basic understanding of math. of president clinton calling it arithmetic. you need a majority. why are you trying to make it more complicated than it is. >> is mitch mcconnell going to save the day? >> i don't know about that, but let me take...
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for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com >>> on capitol hill today, john boehner unveiled what house republicans call plan "b," a plan the white house rejected immediately saying it doesn't ask the rich to pay their fair share. >> the alternative here, if you think about it in the so-called plan "b" makes no sense. the proposal essentially to give another big tax cut to the wealthiest americans at a time when we cannot afford it. >> in the republican plan, the house would vote on a bill to extend the bush tax cuts for those making under $1 million. the house could vote as early as this week but the white house says it has no chance of passing the senate, the news one day after president obama put forth the newest proposal and he budged on the $250,000 threshold for increasing tax rates, raising that number to $400,000 in income or more. today speaker boehner said the plan "b" doesn't mean he'll stop working with the white house for a bigger deal. molly, when's really happening behind the scenes here? our first read team seems only the that the exchange of numbers indicates
for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com >>> on capitol hill today, john boehner unveiled what house republicans call plan "b," a plan the white house rejected immediately saying it doesn't ask the rich to pay their fair share. >> the alternative here, if you think about it in the so-called plan "b" makes no sense. the proposal essentially to give another big tax cut to the wealthiest americans at a time when we cannot afford it. >> in the...
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i want to say, tamron, that it was house speaker john boehner's birthday. president obama gave him a bottle of wine. >> kristen, you spoimed it. we were going to show that later. rats. really, kristen welker? >> caller: so, sorry. >> i have something else to ask you about. i'm just giving you grief. the civic meeting is taking place, the reverend al, the national action network, and he's meeting with civic leaders. is he prepares some on the letter r left for concessions or things they may not like that comes out of these negotiations? >> reporter: well, i think it's both. i think it's that he's trying to prepare some on the left for concessions. he's trying to build up really his strength to be able to put pressure on republicans to come to the table with him over taxes. president obama meeting with with union leaders early this week, also business leaders, so he's really trying to form a broad consensus, i think, to put pressure on republicans and democrats to get something done, to actually get something accomplished before that january 1st deadline. tam
i want to say, tamron, that it was house speaker john boehner's birthday. president obama gave him a bottle of wine. >> kristen, you spoimed it. we were going to show that later. rats. really, kristen welker? >> caller: so, sorry. >> i have something else to ask you about. i'm just giving you grief. the civic meeting is taking place, the reverend al, the national action network, and he's meeting with civic leaders. is he prepares some on the letter r left for concessions or...
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president obama and speaker john boehner are locked in a whatever words this afternoon one day after republicans rebuffed the president's first proposal to overt the so-called fiscal cliff. first up, the president. the president who traveled to a toy company in pennsylvania today to call on congress to extend tax cuts for the middle class. president obama playing a little hardball accusing republicans of playing politics at the expense of american families. >> it's not acceptable to me and i don't think it's acceptable to for you republicans to hold tax cuts hostage because they don't want rates on upper folks to go up. >> john boehner scheduled a last minute news conference. fired back with this. >> increasing tax rates draws money away from our economy that needs to be invested in our economy to put the american people back to work. it's the wrong approach. >> as the rhetoric heats up, the clock continues to tick down. after today, there are just ten legislative days on the calendar. the house announced they will be recessing one day early next would he week. joining me now from th
president obama and speaker john boehner are locked in a whatever words this afternoon one day after republicans rebuffed the president's first proposal to overt the so-called fiscal cliff. first up, the president. the president who traveled to a toy company in pennsylvania today to call on congress to extend tax cuts for the middle class. president obama playing a little hardball accusing republicans of playing politics at the expense of american families. >> it's not acceptable to me...
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today, a letter to speaker john boehner, a resignation letter. events as they unfolded today, thomas, there's a call he planned with some staff about his future today on wednesday. that call is canceled and then his brother told a chicago newspaper he was resigning and the letter in speaker boehner office about a half hour later. thomas? >> thank you. appreciate it. >>> why iowa's governor said they should get rid of the straw poll. that's one of the things we thought you should know. >>> president barack obama pardoning the national thanksgiving turkey. the tradition hassen been around as long as you might think. and be sure to check out the "news nation" tumblr page. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automa
today, a letter to speaker john boehner, a resignation letter. events as they unfolded today, thomas, there's a call he planned with some staff about his future today on wednesday. that call is canceled and then his brother told a chicago newspaper he was resigning and the letter in speaker boehner office about a half hour later. thomas? >> thank you. appreciate it. >>> why iowa's governor said they should get rid of the straw poll. that's one of the things we thought you should...
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first it was primarily between obama and boehner and now mcconnell and biden. but we are seeing some progress and i think the congressman should take comfort surely he will be let in to solicit the vote. >> david, what did you think of the president's comments? were they effective? what was the messaging and trying to get across and to whom? >> i was struck, t.j., mostly by the body language. not so much the contents of the remarks. he was confident, relaxed. this is a president that knows how to keep the cool under the pressure. the sub text seems to be there's hope here. he was not angry or despondent and frustrated. in a sense it was a good signal. i take to heart what one of your correspondents said about the republican reaction on capitol hill already saying this doesn't make it any easier for us to vote for it. i think that tells you where the republicans are coming from. they seem to think if the president is expressing pain do they win. and i think that goes to what just am starting to perceive almost a jihadist attitude on the far right among republica
first it was primarily between obama and boehner and now mcconnell and biden. but we are seeing some progress and i think the congressman should take comfort surely he will be let in to solicit the vote. >> david, what did you think of the president's comments? were they effective? what was the messaging and trying to get across and to whom? >> i was struck, t.j., mostly by the body language. not so much the contents of the remarks. he was confident, relaxed. this is a president...
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. >> president obama wrapping a rare bipartisan meeting with john boehner, mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi and harry reid. the meeting was originally scheduled so the president could push congressional leaders to break tlul the log jam on his so-called to do list of economic policies, and before going into the meeting speaker boehner pushed back against criticism he would hold the economy hostage. >> i am not threatening default. what i am trying to do is encourage people on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the capitol and both sides of pennsylvania avenue to be honest with the american people and ourselves and to begin to tackle this problem in an adult like fashion. >> and add this to the pot this morning. on the daily run down democratic senator barr ra boxer alleged that republicans are making up a crisis here. >> they're setting up a big might, mcconnell and boehner over the future debt ceiling, making it a crisis when it isn't a crisis. they want to create a crisis so people say, oh, my goodness, maybe if we change everything things will be better and maybe we need a different
. >> president obama wrapping a rare bipartisan meeting with john boehner, mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi and harry reid. the meeting was originally scheduled so the president could push congressional leaders to break tlul the log jam on his so-called to do list of economic policies, and before going into the meeting speaker boehner pushed back against criticism he would hold the economy hostage. >> i am not threatening default. what i am trying to do is encourage people on both...
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listen to boehner talking. as long as he's talking about not raising tax rates, we're on a path to a deal. if he starts talking about not raising taxes, maybe we're off the track. >> all right. we'll look for keywords. thank you very much. i know we'll talk with you probably every day including the 11th hour when this is finally done. >> happy to do it. >> on lessons learned from last week's election, our first read team asks, is the independent vote overrated? what do you think? they noted that romney won the independent vote 50/45. joining me now is mark murray. you and your team don't just point to mitt romney losing. others have lost banking on the independent voter. >> when we look at a poll or exit poll, are you winning independent voters? that's seen as winning the middle of the electorate, the people who decide a presidential contest. as you alluded to, in two of the last three presidential elections, the candidate who ended up winning the independent vote ended up losing the presidential contest. john
listen to boehner talking. as long as he's talking about not raising tax rates, we're on a path to a deal. if he starts talking about not raising taxes, maybe we're off the track. >> all right. we'll look for keywords. thank you very much. i know we'll talk with you probably every day including the 11th hour when this is finally done. >> happy to do it. >> on lessons learned from last week's election, our first read team asks, is the independent vote overrated? what do you...
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. >> house speaker john boehner issues a warning to the white house over the controversial new policy on contraceptives that's under fire by some catholic leaders. what the white house is saying today. plus is, supreme court justice sotomayor stops by sesame street tote settle a score. we're going to play you this adorable video ahead. from capital one. spark miles gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. the spark card earns double miles... so we really had to up our game. with spark, the boss earns double miles on every purchase, every day. that's setting the bar pretty high. owning my own business has never been more rewarding. coming through! [ male announcer ] introducing spark the small business credit cards from capital one. get more by choosing unlimited double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. what's in your wallet? ♪ home was an airport lounge and an ipad ♪ ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a t
. >> house speaker john boehner issues a warning to the white house over the controversial new policy on contraceptives that's under fire by some catholic leaders. what the white house is saying today. plus is, supreme court justice sotomayor stops by sesame street tote settle a score. we're going to play you this adorable video ahead. from capital one. spark miles gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. the spark card earns double miles... so we really had to up our...
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someone asked boehner can you make me love mitt romney? and his response? i wasn't elected to play god. the american people probably aren't going to fall in love with mitt romney. i'll tell you this, 95% of the people that show up to vote in november are going to show up and vote for or against barack obama. the hill quotes gop insider as romney and boehner's relationship as getting stronger recently. >>> reaction is pouring in after republican congressman dennis mcconner abruptly resigned friday. the publisher and inside michigan politics calls it the ultimate disaster. the joint free press calls it a loss for michigan. he resigned after gathering enough valid signatures. 1,000 signatures were found to be fake or duplicate. >>> alan west, he's make another controversial statement, this one actually linking social security to slavery. yesterday he accused the president of making americans dependent on social programs. >> just this past month the 85,000 went on social security or disability as opposed to creating jobs. we're creating economic dependence whic
someone asked boehner can you make me love mitt romney? and his response? i wasn't elected to play god. the american people probably aren't going to fall in love with mitt romney. i'll tell you this, 95% of the people that show up to vote in november are going to show up and vote for or against barack obama. the hill quotes gop insider as romney and boehner's relationship as getting stronger recently. >>> reaction is pouring in after republican congressman dennis mcconner abruptly...
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jo john boehner did not succeed welcome a house transportation bill. >>> flying high. don't expect expensive air fare to come down soon. details on a new faa report. >>> inside whitney's will. what whitney houston is leaving behind to her daughter. >>> plus. >> then they will kill us. >> it's the video that's gone viral with a huge celebrity backing. we're going to tell you what it's all about, coming up p. >>> we begin with developing news in alabama. in 30 minutes rick santorum will hold a rally. santorum's latest strategy asking voters to drive newt gingrich out of the race as the battle for the conservative vote becomes that much tighter in the southern primarieprimaries. he said he's the conservative that will win this nomination. >> if you go out and deliver a conservative victory for us on tuesday, this race will become a two person race. a conservative wins the nomination, we will defeat barack obama in the general election. thank you. >> joining me now is santorum supporter mike dewine. it's great to have you with me today. santorum saying he's not calling on
jo john boehner did not succeed welcome a house transportation bill. >>> flying high. don't expect expensive air fare to come down soon. details on a new faa report. >>> inside whitney's will. what whitney houston is leaving behind to her daughter. >>> plus. >> then they will kill us. >> it's the video that's gone viral with a huge celebrity backing. we're going to tell you what it's all about, coming up p. >>> we begin with developing news in...
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he says speaker boehner looks to be in good shape and that he would like to know what he does to work out. okay. >>> mitt romney's five sons are scheduled to appear all together on "conan" tomorrow night. they appear frequently at romney campaign events, but this time, first time, they'll all be interviewed together. those are the things that we thought you should know. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. where tonight we switched their steaks with walmart's choice premium steak. it's a steakover! tender. really tender. the steak itself is phenomenal. it's so juicy. this steak is perfect. these are carefully aged for flavor and tendernes
he says speaker boehner looks to be in good shape and that he would like to know what he does to work out. okay. >>> mitt romney's five sons are scheduled to appear all together on "conan" tomorrow night. they appear frequently at romney campaign events, but this time, first time, they'll all be interviewed together. those are the things that we thought you should know. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our...
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john boehner already said i think it's pathetic. details next. >>> a judge will hear a challenge to dozens of pardons issued by mississippi govern before he left office. we totally got her! [ male announcer ] when you combine creamy velveeta with zesty rotel tomatoes and green chiles, you'll get a bowl of queso that makes even this get-together better. so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. >>> here is what the "news nation" is following right now. paul versus the tsa the rand paul says he was detained by the tsa. and his father is trying to make it about presidential politics. >>> ready to resign the gabrielle giffords announces she is stepping down. we'll tell you how she is wrapping up
john boehner already said i think it's pathetic. details next. >>> a judge will hear a challenge to dozens of pardons issued by mississippi govern before he left office. we totally got her! [ male announcer ] when you combine creamy velveeta with zesty rotel tomatoes and green chiles, you'll get a bowl of queso that makes even this get-together better. so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked...
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i think from john boehner and mitt romney and the other republicans, you're going to hear it's the same old, same old. i think the chord the president needs to strike is this is going to get better. he needs to instill some confidence. i believe the fundamentals of the economy are in bad shape. john harwood knows that issue better than i. there's also an economic funk in the country. there's people that could put people back to work, but their looking for a sign. that's what he's got to deliver tonight. >> john, last question. can we expect to see the president look at members of congress in the eyes as he has often and can we expect him to continue this do nothing mantra? >> absolutely. i don't know if he will use those words, but i think you can expect him to look in the eye of members of congress and challenge them to be on the side of average people, which is where he says he is and not with the quote, millionaires and billionaires warren buffet secretary will be seen with him. he'll talk about the buffet rule and who announced he made $40 million of income, mitt romney. >> always a
i think from john boehner and mitt romney and the other republicans, you're going to hear it's the same old, same old. i think the chord the president needs to strike is this is going to get better. he needs to instill some confidence. i believe the fundamentals of the economy are in bad shape. john harwood knows that issue better than i. there's also an economic funk in the country. there's people that could put people back to work, but their looking for a sign. that's what he's got to deliver...
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. >> john boehner spoke out. what did he say today? >> he said he thought it was inappropriate to use those words, not getting to the substance but it was inappropriate to raise money on it as if they were the same thing. >> any chance that republicans in congress are pressuring rush limbaugh to back out or do they have the ability? chris matthews says every night i want to hear one republican come out and blast rush limbaugh. i'll put you on the show. we've not seen that yet. >> the what john boehner said is blasting, i'd like to see more blasting. right now you have rush limbaugh spewing hate speech about the president, african-americans. it's nice that people are calling him on this because he's gone too far. >> families have raised one million in a week before the comments rartding sandra fluke. john boehner referred to this fund-raising as a band thing. they are not calling people saying rush limbaugh said this, give us money. i think this is from the passion of women. >> i totally agree. it's really republicans that have been bri
. >> john boehner spoke out. what did he say today? >> he said he thought it was inappropriate to use those words, not getting to the substance but it was inappropriate to raise money on it as if they were the same thing. >> any chance that republicans in congress are pressuring rush limbaugh to back out or do they have the ability? chris matthews says every night i want to hear one republican come out and blast rush limbaugh. i'll put you on the show. we've not seen that yet....
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plus, speaker john boehner's very cranky thursday. and an appallingly partisan attack from the mississippi governor. you won't believe what he said. now back to tamron. >>> now to the latest in the john edwards corruption trial. edwards' lawyer struck hard at the star witness, andrew young. he is trying to discredit him saying he is a liar. that he was giving conflicting accounts about the mistress who was pregnant in 2008. jay gray, another day of really trying to make young the adversary here for sure. >> no question about that. very strong questioning as they continue their cross-examination of andrew young. at times, using all the dates and everything that is going on, it has been scattered at best. even the judge saying a couple of time that she is confused by what's going on in the courtroom. no confusion over what's happening as far as what the point is that the defense is trying to drive home. and it all centers around that bunny money, the money from multimillionaire bunny melon who donated $900,000. initially after young sai
plus, speaker john boehner's very cranky thursday. and an appallingly partisan attack from the mississippi governor. you won't believe what he said. now back to tamron. >>> now to the latest in the john edwards corruption trial. edwards' lawyer struck hard at the star witness, andrew young. he is trying to discredit him saying he is a liar. that he was giving conflicting accounts about the mistress who was pregnant in 2008. jay gray, another day of really trying to make young the...
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. >>> john boehner called the budget, quote, a gloomy reflection of the president's failed policies. that's what he had to say. >>> plus -- ♪ and i will ♪ will always love you >>> remember whitney houston, jennifer hudson delivered a moving tribute to the star at the grammys. >>> and days after whitney's death, sony has hiked the price of some of her greatest hits. sweet, nutty crunchy nut. [ sighs ] i can't wait till morning. wait! it's morning in china! ♪ [ male announcer ] it's sweet, it's nutty... it's absolutely delicious. kellogg's crunchy nut. it's morning somewhere. without the stuff that we make here, you wouldn't be able to walk in your house and flip on your lights. [ brad ] at ge we build turbines that power the world. they go into power plants which take some form of energy, harness it, and turn it into more efficient electricity. [ ron ] when i was a kid i wanted to work with my hands, that was my thing. i really enjoy building turbines. it's nice to know that what you're building is gonna do something for the world. when people think of ge, they typically don't t
. >>> john boehner called the budget, quote, a gloomy reflection of the president's failed policies. that's what he had to say. >>> plus -- ♪ and i will ♪ will always love you >>> remember whitney houston, jennifer hudson delivered a moving tribute to the star at the grammys. >>> and days after whitney's death, sony has hiked the price of some of her greatest hits. sweet, nutty crunchy nut. [ sighs ] i can't wait till morning. wait! it's morning in china!...
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house speaker boehner announced who will chair the 19 major house committees in the next congress and it turns out they have something in common besides party affiliation. they're all men, white men. but there are two committee charls that have not been filled yet so a woman could possibly end up in one of those seats. >>> meantime, some republican house members will attend a special screening of "lincoln" happening tomorrow. house majority whip mccarthy rented a theater for the event. president obama hosted a screening at the white house. those are the things we thought you should know. sometimes what we suffer from is bigger than we think ... like the flu. with aches, fever and chills- the flu's a really big deal. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. prescription tamiflu attacks the flu virus at its source. so don't wait. call your doctor right away. tamiflu is prescription medicine for treating the flu in adults and children one year and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before tak
house speaker boehner announced who will chair the 19 major house committees in the next congress and it turns out they have something in common besides party affiliation. they're all men, white men. but there are two committee charls that have not been filled yet so a woman could possibly end up in one of those seats. >>> meantime, some republican house members will attend a special screening of "lincoln" happening tomorrow. house majority whip mccarthy rented a theater for...
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house speaker john boehner and eric cantor issued statements credit sidesiiticizing the numb. they didn't go further than that. is there a perception out that the conservatives and republicans if they don't tick up, especially the unemployment rate specifically they're seen rooting against the economy in some ways because you celebrate if it went up to 8.2% to 8.3% by saying, see, further proof the obama administration is is messing up the economy further as opposed to saying let's look at both sides as john pointed out. unemployment has ticked down, but we have a battle here in a stalled or stagnant position? it seems to some people that the republicans are rooting for disaster in hopes of being able to win the coveted prize of the white house. >> i think everybody wants to see the economy grow. i think everybody wants to see a real true robust jobs growth. that's not what we saw in the report. that's the issue here. you know, the unemployment rate may have ticked down but the jobs growth was anemianemic. we'd love jobs to be created and it's not happening. >> you think congr
house speaker john boehner and eric cantor issued statements credit sidesiiticizing the numb. they didn't go further than that. is there a perception out that the conservatives and republicans if they don't tick up, especially the unemployment rate specifically they're seen rooting against the economy in some ways because you celebrate if it went up to 8.2% to 8.3% by saying, see, further proof the obama administration is is messing up the economy further as opposed to saying let's look at both...
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speaker boehner describes his congressional underlings. now back to tamron. >>> 30 days in prison for the former student found guilty in the rutgers spy trial. that tops our look at stories around the news nation. moments ago a new jersey judge ordered dharun ravi to serve a jail term. he must go through alternative lifestyle counseling as well as pay a cyber bullying fine of almost $12,000. he was found guilty of using a webcam to spy on a private encounter between his roommate tyler clemi and another person. clementi later committed suicide. >> the intimacy they shared was consensual and no one's business. tyler clementi did nothing wrong other than mistakenly trusting his roommate to respect his privacy. >> before he was sentenced, ravi's mother begged the court for mercy saying both the incident and the trial restored his life. >> dharun's dreams are shattered and he has been living in hell for the past 20 months. it is hard for me to say but my son is sitting here physically alive in front of everyone's eyes. what i'm trying to say he
speaker boehner describes his congressional underlings. now back to tamron. >>> 30 days in prison for the former student found guilty in the rutgers spy trial. that tops our look at stories around the news nation. moments ago a new jersey judge ordered dharun ravi to serve a jail term. he must go through alternative lifestyle counseling as well as pay a cyber bullying fine of almost $12,000. he was found guilty of using a webcam to spy on a private encounter between his roommate tyler...
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. >> i want to play a snippet of what speaker boehner said on cbs and talk to you on the other side. take a listen. >> the american people do not want to get on this path. they do not want the government telling them what kind of insurance policy they have to buy. and how much they're going to pay for it. and if you don't like it, we're going to tax you. it has to be ripped out and we need to start over -- >> so you say -- >> patrick, that's the republican -- that's going to be the only way we can repeal it. when democratic candidates were forced to talk about health care it didn't go well. >> well, i would caution you the conclusions you're drawing from 2010. and let's remember this was a period when the unemployment rate in the this country was at about 9.5% and that was a dominant issue for americans going to the ballot box. i also hope that speaker boehner and governor romney has the ability to have an honest conversation with the 3.1 million young people who already can stay on their parents' health insurance as a consequence of this bill. the 105 million americans who no longer
. >> i want to play a snippet of what speaker boehner said on cbs and talk to you on the other side. take a listen. >> the american people do not want to get on this path. they do not want the government telling them what kind of insurance policy they have to buy. and how much they're going to pay for it. and if you don't like it, we're going to tax you. it has to be ripped out and we need to start over -- >> so you say -- >> patrick, that's the republican -- that's...
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boehner says let's talk about jobs. we are when you're discussing the working peer and there's an implication that the person that wants to be president of the united states seeing them as people who are slacking or not significant enough for him to try and seek their vote through legislation, ideas and policies that might improve their lives. that is discussing jobs. >> of course it is. a lot of those people are romney voters. the demographic he's doing best with is seniors. there are 12 million seniors in that group of veterans, soldiers abroad don't pay taxes. their income isn't taxable. they don't pay taxes. obviously, that's a group he's doing pretty well. it's astounding, stunning that someone would make that statement. >> we want to talk about how this effects down ticket. you have dean heller in nevada, tight race says i just don't view the world the same way as governor romney. scott brown has a big debate tonight with elizabeth warren. elsd that's not the view he had of the world here. we talked about four gop
boehner says let's talk about jobs. we are when you're discussing the working peer and there's an implication that the person that wants to be president of the united states seeing them as people who are slacking or not significant enough for him to try and seek their vote through legislation, ideas and policies that might improve their lives. that is discussing jobs. >> of course it is. a lot of those people are romney voters. the demographic he's doing best with is seniors. there are 12...
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how speaker john boehner is pushing back. today his office released a statement saying the target of the president's rally should be the congressional democrats who want to raise tax rates on small businesses rather than cut spending. the white house in the meantime defends the public campaign and told chuck todd within the last hour it's doing all it can to strike a deal as soon as possible. >> isn't everybody just killing time until the deadline comes? >> no. it doesn't seem like killing time to me, chuck. >> it's the final week and the jet fumes and people get out of school and people will hammer it out? >> he has not waited for people to start smelling the jet fuels at a national airport. he's active ly put forward a plan. >> another issue, how to get to the 218 votes needed to get a deal through the house if both parties are claiming a mandate. here's the challenge aaccording to our first read team. take a look. 205 house republican incumbents ran for re-election. 93% of them won. what's more, 117 of them won by getting
how speaker john boehner is pushing back. today his office released a statement saying the target of the president's rally should be the congressional democrats who want to raise tax rates on small businesses rather than cut spending. the white house in the meantime defends the public campaign and told chuck todd within the last hour it's doing all it can to strike a deal as soon as possible. >> isn't everybody just killing time until the deadline comes? >> no. it doesn't seem like...
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the clip you played from john boehner was earlier today. he is expected to come to the cameras again this afternoon talking about this expectation that the president will say that he does not want ot go forward. republicans have been hammering this for quite awhile. this keystone oil pipeline is a project if it were to take place connecting it down to the gulf of mexico, there could be thousands of jobs made available. but there have been environmental concerns. so the president had started off saying, this needed longer review, especially about environmental impact and that he would make a decision after the next election. that's what put republicans into high gear trying to push the president's hand. so they created this 60-day fwoirn him to make a decision. it was a part of that payroll tax cut extension that was a totally different matter but they attached this to put pressure on the white house. the 60 days has not yet elapsed but that's what we expect the president to say, he does not want to make a decision 0 go forward at this time.
the clip you played from john boehner was earlier today. he is expected to come to the cameras again this afternoon talking about this expectation that the president will say that he does not want ot go forward. republicans have been hammering this for quite awhile. this keystone oil pipeline is a project if it were to take place connecting it down to the gulf of mexico, there could be thousands of jobs made available. but there have been environmental concerns. so the president had started off...
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. >> house speaker john boehner only had a short statement about why this is being brought up now. >> this is an important issue to the american people. this type of sex selection is, most americans find pretty repulsive. and our members feel strongly about it. it is why it is being brought to the floor. >> the bill's sponsor, arizona republican trent franks has been accused of targeting minorities in the bill. particularly asian-american women on the house floor, he did not deny it. >> a number of academic papers have now published evidence that the practice of sex selection abortion is increasing in the united states, especially but not exclusively in the asian-immigrant community. >> luke russert joins me live from capitol hill. dana milbank said they are struggling with latino voters and they may lose asian-american voters when you listen to what the congressman says, at least it is his evidence. there is plenty to counter that is happening here. >> reporter: let's look at this from a broad perspective here. this is a bill that sought to outlaw the abortion of a fetus based on sex
. >> house speaker john boehner only had a short statement about why this is being brought up now. >> this is an important issue to the american people. this type of sex selection is, most americans find pretty repulsive. and our members feel strongly about it. it is why it is being brought to the floor. >> the bill's sponsor, arizona republican trent franks has been accused of targeting minorities in the bill. particularly asian-american women on the house floor, he did not...
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republicans maintained solid;[ majority in the next hour we're expecting to hear of house speaker john boehner. right now, joining me, national syndicated talk show host michael smirconish and joe frolic for "the cleveland plain dealer." thank you all for joining. michael, when's the reaction you're hearing from people you talk to all day on the radio? >> nerds rule. >> we know that from high school. >> well, when all is said and done, though, the data trumped the emotion. there was a huge debate that broke out in the last couple of days. how could nate silver and the poll-driven individuals believe there's a 90% chance that the president would rwin re-electio? the nbc in the 11:00 hour. that's a stunning development. >> i believe one of our colleagues sweeted it took the president 12 minutes longer aro >> right. >> in pennsylvania, it 52-47 for the president. michael, and what's to the very end that romney's team at least said out loud, whether they believed it actually inside or bend the scenes, they believed they had a play in mistaken on the program during our relationship. i have to trump
republicans maintained solid;[ majority in the next hour we're expecting to hear of house speaker john boehner. right now, joining me, national syndicated talk show host michael smirconish and joe frolic for "the cleveland plain dealer." thank you all for joining. michael, when's the reaction you're hearing from people you talk to all day on the radio? >> nerds rule. >> we know that from high school. >> well, when all is said and done, though, the data trumped the...
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boehner wanting a bipartisan deal. what do you think he means by that? >> i have no idea. i think the president's compromise dealt with the religious concerns. we heard a number of catholic organizations including the catholic health association come out in support of that. i think the issue here is the government should not be coming between a woman and her doctor. these are very personal decisions that should be made by women with their doctors and with their families and government does not have the a role in this. >> senator blunt says the issue won't go away until there's a broader religious exemption. they would like for you to move on and talk about jobs, but for him, this is not going away achbd for his many supporters that were there today who are con sstituents in other areas. >> again, what we have seen is laws around the country that have required insurance coverage for contraceptives like the one we have in new hampshire, which i signed into law in 1999 when i was governor has been working 12 years without any objections. now that we're in a political season t
boehner wanting a bipartisan deal. what do you think he means by that? >> i have no idea. i think the president's compromise dealt with the religious concerns. we heard a number of catholic organizations including the catholic health association come out in support of that. i think the issue here is the government should not be coming between a woman and her doctor. these are very personal decisions that should be made by women with their doctors and with their families and government...
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folks, however, then tire debate comes down to negotiations between president obama and house speaker boehner. specifically what can he sell to the house republican conference. they've been very stubborn in terms of moving toward any significant raising of tax rates in order to garner revenue. we heard plans that they really do see a way forward with the combination of spending cuts, closing tax loopholes. this so-called vagueness we do not know the specifics oup, they're saying, folks, support this. however, we're hear from a lot of house democrats that they don't want any type of deal like that, even some saying it's bet gore off the fiscal cliff than accept a deal that does not raise the tax rates. as much as you hear this talk it all comes to looking good through the republican house. we do not know yet. we know the staff's been working back and forthe. there's been all sorts of things floating around. to correlate for what the tax cuts would be for the rest of the decade. it's complicated stuff. both teams growing at it. i know they spoke over the thanksgiving holiday, but we are not clo
folks, however, then tire debate comes down to negotiations between president obama and house speaker boehner. specifically what can he sell to the house republican conference. they've been very stubborn in terms of moving toward any significant raising of tax rates in order to garner revenue. we heard plans that they really do see a way forward with the combination of spending cuts, closing tax loopholes. this so-called vagueness we do not know the specifics oup, they're saying, folks, support...
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good news for boehner and cantor and those guys. a group that very much has a score card for members of the house, republican conference on how conservative their votes are, they are now okay with it going forward not paid for because they see it as political kabuki. it will be interesting to see what happens. 160 million americans would like to see it. it's still very much up in the air as well as unemployment benefits. we're only a few weeks out, february 29th. >> the president has revised this hash tag twitter campaign where people would say what they would do with the extra $40. let me play the remarks the president said today regarding congress. >> to everyone who went online last december and told us what it would be like to lose $40 in every paycheck, you should know you made all the difference. >> congress needs to extend that tax cut along with vital insurance lifelines for folk who is have lost their jobs during this recession. they need to do it now without drama, without delay. >> he says what he said yesterday, no drama
good news for boehner and cantor and those guys. a group that very much has a score card for members of the house, republican conference on how conservative their votes are, they are now okay with it going forward not paid for because they see it as political kabuki. it will be interesting to see what happens. 160 million americans would like to see it. it's still very much up in the air as well as unemployment benefits. we're only a few weeks out, february 29th. >> the president has...
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and another congressman said you can't ignore this as a partisan game and just today speaker boehner also saying the white house invoking executive privilege is an admission that the white house was involved in this decision and misled congress. >> that's absolutely not true. executive privilege is oftentimes asserted for the executive branch at the administrative level. in fact attorney general casey under the former president, under the republican administration had provided that kind of counsel in terms of being able to assert executive privilege for various departments under the president. the president had no knowledge about this. the attorney general had no knowledge about this. and if we really are serious about this, if we really care about brian terry's family and wanting to get to the bottom of this you got to ask the question why did the alcohol and tobacco and firearms office within the department of justice never tell anyone above the atf head as to what was going on. that's abuse of power. that's a rogue operation. we got fix that. furthermore all the gun walking it's s
and another congressman said you can't ignore this as a partisan game and just today speaker boehner also saying the white house invoking executive privilege is an admission that the white house was involved in this decision and misled congress. >> that's absolutely not true. executive privilege is oftentimes asserted for the executive branch at the administrative level. in fact attorney general casey under the former president, under the republican administration had provided that kind...
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i semi agree with john boehner. the idea that adding more regulators will create a solution to a problem that may itself not be a problem. there are plenty of laws on the books against illegal market manipulation, cornering the market, creating a price distortions and a whole lot of arcane ways that they can do that. the president is right to highlight that. but in a lot of ways, while that's the right direction and it is important to remind, i do think this is small ball politics. it is not, there is very little evidence that oil markets per se are manipulatable on a global scale. that doesn't mean that a lot of people don't believe that. >> the president says we cannot afford a situation where some speculators can reap millions where millions of families, american families get the shortened. we live in a world where delta airlines is at buying its own refinery because of the price of fuel. the rest us can't go buy a refinery. >> that's an important point. delta is doing that so they don't have to raise prices on a
i semi agree with john boehner. the idea that adding more regulators will create a solution to a problem that may itself not be a problem. there are plenty of laws on the books against illegal market manipulation, cornering the market, creating a price distortions and a whole lot of arcane ways that they can do that. the president is right to highlight that. but in a lot of ways, while that's the right direction and it is important to remind, i do think this is small ball politics. it is not,...
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speaker boehner that he was honored to work alongside the nation's first female house speaker. >> it doesn't mean, all right, that we'll agree on taxes. or that we'll agree on spending. >> i speak for the whole house when i rise today to say to the gentle lady from california, mrs. pelosi, congratulations on 25 years of real service to this institution. >> refreshing kindness there. and a dubious distinction for the younger president bush. according to a new poll released today, george w. bush is still the most unpopular living president. the poll shows more than half of americans, 59%, still have an unfavorable view of the 43rd president. by contrast, clinton ranked the most popular with 66% favorable rating. those are the things we thought you should know. [ male announcer ] we believe in thinking day and night... about your dog's nutrition. like the dual-defense antioxidants in our food that work around the clock... supporting your dog's immune system on the inside... while helping to keep his skin and coat healthy on the outside. with this kind of thinking going into our food...
speaker boehner that he was honored to work alongside the nation's first female house speaker. >> it doesn't mean, all right, that we'll agree on taxes. or that we'll agree on spending. >> i speak for the whole house when i rise today to say to the gentle lady from california, mrs. pelosi, congratulations on 25 years of real service to this institution. >> refreshing kindness there. and a dubious distinction for the younger president bush. according to a new poll released...